MA - Out of interest, does your brother also think that the Oxford vaccine will offer protection from B117 which seems to be the dominant strain at the moment?
Anyway I don't want anything to do with this or any other make of the vaccine until it's been thoroughly tried and tested - and by that I mean on the population in general and not just a few thousand 'guinea pigs', especially as I know from googling it online (The Wellcome Trust) that it usually takes an average of 10 years from initial research, through phase trials, to final authorisation by the appropriate health bodies before any new vaccine an be administered - yet the Covid vaccines are being made available after only a few months.
As for the residents of the hotel, I agree that they should have been consulted first - although it sounds more like an apartment block than a hotel, but maybe Australians call such buildings hotels?
It does usually take about 10 years to finally be able to administer a vaccine, you're right.
But I do think the Oxford vaccine and the Phizer one will be safe and I think over a million people have already had the vaccination.
We can't wait 10 years for them to test these vaccines, most of us would be dead by the time they were considered safe to use ...
I hope I can have the vaccine fairly soon, I'll let you know if it has any side effects and I'll tell you all about it at the time.
I do actually think the tennis players should have the vaccination as soon as possible, they need its protection if they're going to continue to travel and to play.
I really don't blame the Westin residents for being wary and unsure about all those people sharing the building.
I don't know if Australians call apartment blocks hotels - does it matter?!
But yes it does look more like an apartment block.
